Automobile engine-starter.



H. E. WILSON.

AUTOMOBILE ENGINE STARTER. urmo'h'rron FILED MAR. 7, 1910.

Patented Dec. 13, 1910.

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a-To all it may concern: .Be it known that I, HENRY NrrEn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY E. WILSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNCR'OF ONE-FOURTH TQ BALIlH W.

' MCKINNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

AUTQMOBILE ENGINE-STL-RTER.

E. WrnsoN, a subject ofthe Kin of England, residin at I Chicago, county Cook, and State of Illineis, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Automobile Engine-Starters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Myinven'tion relates to improvements in automobile engine starters and has for its object-the production of a device of .this character which may be Operated from the seat, of the automobileand which shall have means incorporated therein for preventing 'injurg'to the operator in the event of prema- 15 ture ringQOf a cylinder charge in the motor. A furt er ob ect of my invention is to provide a. start-in device which shall possess a minimum num er of parts, and be inexpensive of manufacture and efiicient in operation.

Other objects willappear hereinafter. With these objects in view my invention consists in the novel construction and arrangement of parts which will be herein:

after fully described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

M invention will be more readily understoo by reference, to the accompanying drawings forming-a part of this specification, and in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of an automobile embodying my invention,

, parts being broken away to expose an operative mechanism, Fig. 2 is'a top plan view,

certain parts being shown in section, Fig. 3

is a detail side elevation, and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view.

1 Referring now to the drawings,.1,designates an automobile frame and 2 the en 'ne or power shaft arranged centrally and on gitudmally 111 the conventlonal manner.

wheel and. 3 a beveled gear cut onthe periphery thereof.

2' designates the engine .fi

' Meshing with the beveled gear 3 is a beveled .45 "stationary. journal '5 projectin gear 4 which 'is rotatably mounted on the inwardly from the bracket 5 and integra therewith.

The side of the beveled gear 4 opposite the teeth thereof is provided with a recesseu portion 6'which is concentric with said beveled gear and on which the ring 7 is loosely mounted and free to rotate as emergency 1 requires. The stationary collar 8 is pressed into the journal 5 and is adapted to receive the th ng pressure of the beveled gear 4.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patentedjyg'c; 13; .1910 Application mini-eh 7,1910. Serial No. 547,705.

to the portion 6 being in-normal engagement with-said ratchet teeth by means of the spring 12. Secured in position by means of t e screws 13 which are screwed into the beveled gear 4 isa circular plate 14, said screws passing through screw holes 13 provided in said plate. The plate 13 isshown in detail in Fig. 4 and is provided with a large central opening for lightness of construction.

Rotatably mounted on the journal 15 is a gear wheel 16 which is rovided with a periphery and groove 16, t e bottom of the atter being formed'into ratchet teeth 17.

Arran ed atone side of the ear wheel16 is a smal stationary ratchet w eel 18 which is formed integral .with the journal 15 and the bracket 19, the latter being secured to the automobile frame 1 as is also thebracket5'.

. A pawl 20 pivoted to the side of the gear wheel 16 is held in normal engagement with the ratchet wheel 18 by means of the spring 21, consequently said 'gearwheel can rotate in one direction only.

In place of theordinary starting crank a startin bar 22 is provided, the same having a ban le, 23 at its upper extremity. V- shaped teeth are cut on one edge of the bar 22 and rack teeth 25 are cut on the opposite edge, the former being adapted to mesh with the teeth 9 and the latter with the teeth 17 when said bar is inserted between the ring 7 and the gear wheel 16 ready for starting the engine. y

lThe operation is as follows: The bar 22 when inclined to -the dotted-line position is readily passed downwardly between the ring 7 and the gear wheel 16. When at its lower most position the bar 22 is moved to thefull line position as shown in Fig. 1 and then pulled upwardly by the operator. This causes the engine to turnover since the teeth 24 will nowJbe in mesh with the teeth 9. When the engine starts, due to the impulse of a cylinder ex losion, the portion 6 will he suddenly acce erated in its motion while ring 7 may continue to move at, the same speed as the starting bar. The ratchet teeth 10 co-actin with the pawl 11 obviously permitsthis ifi'erence in speed. -No.shock is transmitted to the operator who may now withdraw the starting\bar.' During the up- I jerked into the p starting device I do i thereto as there might be various changes struction and arrangement of parts ,de-

scribed, and hence I desire to avail myself of such changes and modifications as fairly fall claim as new and desire to secure by Letters operative connection with said powershaft,

operativeconnection with said [a second rotatable toothed member adjacent and coplanar with said-first named toothed I which causes the -piete revolution and to strike before it can be released.

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to pass freely between ,stantially as described.

members, and means for preventing said second toothed member from rotating in one direction, substantially as described.

3. In a starting device for automobiles, a power shaft, a rotatable toothed ring in operative connection with said power shaft, a rotatable toothed member coplanar with said ring, a starting bar having teeth on opposite edges thereof for meshing with the ward movement of the starting bar the same is pressed constantly against the teeth 17 gear 16 to rotate in the direction indicated. In the event of back firing of the engine the starting bar will be dotted line position, downi ward movement. being prevented by the pawl 20 which engages the ratchet wheel l8. When the starting bar is in the dotted lineposition theteeth 9 and 24 are out of mesh teeth of said ring and said toothed member and consequently no injury will be received and of a width less than the distance beby the operator, it being well known that an tween the teeth of said ring andsaid rotatable member, and means whereby said power shaft may ring, substanitally as described. I

4. In a starting device for automobiles,'a power shaft, a rotatable toothed ring in operative connection with said power shaft, a rotatable toothed member coplanar with said ring, a starting bar having teeth on opposite edges thereof for meshing with the teeth of said ring and said toothed member and of a ordinary starting crank is apt to make a com- 'the operator While I have shown What I deem to be the preferable form of my improved engine not wish to be limited and modifications made in the details of conteeth of said ring andsaid rotatable member, and apawl and ratchet connection between said ring and said as described.

5. In a starting device for automobiles, a power shaft, a rotatable toothed member in operative connection with said power shaft, a second rotatable toothed member adjacent and coplanar with said first named' toothed member, a manually operated starting bar having teeth on opposite edges thereof for meshing with the teeth of said members and of a size-to pass freely between said members,

within the spirit and scope of the appended- Having described my, invention what I Patent ism 1. In a starting device for automobiles, a power shaft, a rotatable toothed member in a second rotatable toothed member mountedadjacent'said first named toothed member, and a manually operated starting bar having teeth on opposite edges thereof for meshingwith the teeth of said members and of asize said members, sub-.

second toothed member from rotating in one direction, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY E. WILSON.

2. In a starting device for automobiles, -a power shaft, a rotatable toothed member in power shaft,

member, a manually operated starting bar having teeth onthe opposite edges thereof for meshing with the teeth of said members] and of; a size to pass freely between said Witnesses:

-. JANET E. HoeAN,

JOSHUA R. H. Porrs.

rotate independent of said width "less'tha-n the distance between the power shaft, substantially v v and a pawl and ratchet for preventing said- 

